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S&P/TSX composite posts small gain Thursday, U.S. markets also up

By The Canadian Press on April 6, 2023.

The S&P TSX composite index screen at the TMX Market Centre in downtown Toronto is photographed on Friday, November 11, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin

TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index ticked upward Thursday with mixed results among sectors, while U.S. markets also posted gains to end the short trading week.

The S&P/TSX composite index was up 37.14 points at 20,196.69.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 2.57 points at 33,485.29. The S&P 500 index was up 14.64 points at 4,105.02, while the Nasdaq composite was up 91.09 points at 12,087.96.

The Canadian dollar traded for 74.19 cents US compared with 74.31 cents US on Wednesday.

The May crude contract was up nine cents at US$80.70 per barreland the May natural gas contract was down 14 cents at US$2.01 per mmBTU.

The June gold contract was down US$9.20 at US$2,026.40 an ounceand the May copper contract was up three cents at US$4.02 a pound.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April , 2023.

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